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Maternal Mental Health & Leaving That Abusive Relationship

alana barlia March 31, 2025

New research indicates that the long held belief that two married parents is more important than anything to childhood development is being challenged. Instead, new research is indicating that maternal mental health is the number one indicator of developmental, cognitive, and social markers. This blog post will explore this shift in paradigm and what it means for those in abusive relationships.

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Tags maternal mental health, postpartum mental health, abusive relationship, toxic relationship, boundaries, narcissistic relationship, trauma, parenting, mothering

People-Pleasing: The Legacy of Emotionally Unavailable Parents

alana barlia February 28, 2024

This blog post dives into the impact of emotionally unavailable parenting on people-pleasing behavior in adulthood. Read on to learn more!

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Tags parenting, attachment theory, early attachment, inner child wound, people pleasing, highly sensitive people, emotional regulation, codependent relationships, codependency
a young mother and her daughter being silly and sticking their tongues out together on the streeet.

The Narcissistic Mother Wound_And How To Heal

alana barlia February 25, 2022

This post reflects on the specific treatment of daughters by narcissistic mothers. There are actionable steps that you can take if you have experienced narcissistic parenting, and this post aids in exploring some of those options.

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Tags narcissistic parenting, parenting, narcissistic abuse, narcissism, narcissistic personality disorder, emotional abuse, emotional dysregulation, emotional trauma, sympathetic nervoyus system, inner child wound, autonomic nervous system, vagus nerve, breathwork, trauma, body trauma, inner child, mother-daughter, mother daughter relationship
woman giving a piggy back ride to small child up a rising road in the fall.

Narcissistic Parenting and the Cycle of Abuse Part II: The Inner Child Wound

alana barlia July 1, 2021

Years long chaos and unpredictability with a narcissistic parent will lead children to seek solace through perfectionism and codependency. Here we explore the inner-child wound that evolves through narcissistic parenting abuse.

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Tags narcissistic abuse, narcissistic personality disorder, personality disorder, narcissism, narcissistic parenting, parenting, codependency, perfectionism, inner child wound

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